The Political Economy of Agricultural Booms: Managing Soybean Production in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay

by Mariano Turzi

Book Overview

This book offers an in-depth analysis of the political economy of soybean production in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, by identifying the dominant private and public actors and control mechanisms that have given rise to a corporate-driven, vertically integrated system of regionalized agricultural production in the Southern Cone of South America. The current agricultural boom surrounding soybean production has been aided by aggressive new agro-technologies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319834045
• ISBN13: 9783319834047
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"